imbecile
imbecile is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
- 2.One destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind.
- 3.To weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is imbecile.
- What is destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane called?
- What is one destitute of strength; esp., one of feeble mind called?
- What is to weaken; to make imbecile; as, to imbecile men's courage. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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